Pietermaritzburg, the capital of KwaZulu-Natal, has had to weather a fair number of storms recently. This once beautiful city has been brought to its knees by a local municipality that allegedly plundered the city’s coffers, ...

When the Jacaranda trees are flushed purple the Pietermaritzburg suburb of Scottsville is at its most beautiful. But with idealistic students in town almost all year round, it’s a pretty place even when the trees aren’t in ...